Articles filed under Transportation
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Buffalo Grove area road projects delayedApr 08, 2016 1:00 am - Upcoming road projects on Weiland Road and Lake-Cook Road will be delayed a year, Buffalo Grove trustees heard this week. Work on Weiland Road from Lake-Cook Road to Dee...
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Proposal would give tax break for soundproofing homes near O'HareApr 07, 2016 1:00 am - While residents near O'Hare International Airport might not get relief from jet noise, more could get tax relief for soundproofing their homes. A state legislative comm...
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Des Plaines releases 911 recordings from fatal tollway construction accidentApr 07, 2016 1:00 am - The city of Des Plaines has released recordings from three 911 calls received early Tuesday after a beam fell from the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway bridge over Touhy Ave...
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Naperville Township cuts budget by $50,000 to pay road chief's salaryApr 07, 2016 1:00 am - While Naperville Township's road district budget awaits the resolution of a potential service agreement with the city of Naperville, the township approved its general sp...
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Tollway: Bridge disaster won't hinder I-90 completion this yearApr 06, 2016 1:00 am - Construction delays to one segment of the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90) following a fatal beam collapse in Des Plaines should not get in the way of finishing the m...
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Metra kicks off construction seasonApr 06, 2016 1:00 am - It's the transit version of summer roadwork: Metra has launched its 2016 construction season with multiple bridge fixes, station upgrades and track repairs on tap. The i...
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Sidewalks, new structure in store for 2 Naperville bridgesApr 06, 2016 1:00 am - Naperville is making plans for improvements to two bridges that carry Washington Street over different segments of the DuPage River. Sidewalks are set to be added this s...
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Emission test reminders resume after vendor offers to do it for freeApr 06, 2016 1:00 am - Drivers won't have any excuses not to get an emissions test with the resumption of mailed reminders, courtesy of a state vendor that will do it for free. The action come...
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Victim of construction accident remembered as man of family, faithApr 06, 2016 1:00 am - The 47-year-old construction worker killed early Tuesday under the Jane Addams Tollway is being remembered as a hardworking man and a strong father to his four children....
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Traffic snarled all day around fatal I-90 construction accidentApr 05, 2016 1:00 am - Rush hour never ended Tuesday for drivers on the eastbound Jane Addams. An early morning construction accident that killed one worker and injured three others caused a m...